Labor Laws: Your Freelancer Might Be An Employee!

It was traditionally the IRS’s regulations on worker status that determined whether to issue a W-2 or 1099 at the end of the year.

The Department of Labor has issued additional guidance in the memo, “Additions to Employee Misclassification Regulation Guidelines,” to clarify how classification of workers should be assessed. The Department explains that employment policies will be evaluated using six different factors such as the degree of employer’s control or right to control the worker and the worker’s investment in facilities.

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